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THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1825-71)

Inspection of wounded soldiers from the Crimea in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace

9 - 9 Jul 1855

Albumen print mounted on card | 9.3 x 12.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2106415

Photograph of Queen Victoria meeting wounded Crimean War veterans in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Queen and members of the Royal family are standing in a small group to the right with a number of the veterans. The other soldiers, around fifty in total, are seated on benches in a semi circle around the Royal party. There is a large tree to the right and Buckingham Palace can be seen behind. The upper corners have been cut into an arch.

Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return to Britain she met a number of the wounded veterans at Buckingham Palace and at the military hospital at Chatham. Queen Victoria wrote about the day in her journal, describing the injuries of several of the soldiers that she encountered. She wrote, 'we saw, in the garden, 100 wounded & sick Guardsmen. Upon the whole, they looked well, & were remarkably fine men. Amongst the Grenadiers there were, I think, 2 who had lost their legs, & one or 2 cases of bad frostbites...The sick, from each Regt, were mostly cases of scurvy, diarrhea & rheumatism. It was a pretty sight, to see them all drawn up on the lawn.'

  • Creator(s)

    Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
    Army-GB
  • 9.3 x 12.8 cm (image)

  • From the collection of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
                • Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster [London]
                  • Buckingham Palace
                    • Buckingham Palace Gardens
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs